Fried.Krupp Aktiengesellschaft, Essen, 1935 : Frielinghaus and Hannover Coking Ovens/Cokerie, Hordel, Bochum
Some pages from a publicity brochure, dated 1935, and in French entitled "coup d œil d'ensemble sur l'entreprise" and that describes the massive, vertical integrated company of Fried.Krupp Aktiengesellschaft, Essen. Krupp's have a long history, dating back to 1811 in Essen where they were foremost in the industrial development of the Ruhr and indeed, now merged with Thyssen, their HQ is still in Essen, a city once regarded as a company town.
By 1935 this vast company, manufacturing iron and steel as well as armaments, machinery, locomotives, shipbuilding and vehicles, was already thoroughly enmeshed in the economy of the National Socialist state and they, along with the family members who ran the concern, would be active participants in Germany's rearmament and complicit the country's conduct of the Second World War.
The brochure was gifted to a visiting French businessman and describes the company's shipbuilding subsidiary, Germaniawerft at Kiel, as well as some of the other offshoots such as their own shipping line based in Rotterdam that was set up to 'free' Krupp from external shipping interests.
The vessel shown, the Frielinghaus, was a Krupp's vessel, built by Krupp at Kiel and on Krupp business - the import of high grade iron ores from Narvik and other ports was vital to the production of raw process material for the concern. The ship yard at Kiel, Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft, had been formed in 1867 but had a series of financial problems before Krupp took a controlling interest in 1896. It went on to construct many U-boats in the First and Second World Wars and after the Allied Victory in 1945 much of the bomb damaged yards were dismantled. However some of the site survived in ship building and is still in production. The vessel shown, Frielinghaus, was constructed in 1922 and was lost during WW2 when it struck a mine on 28 June 1942.
More closely associated with the production of steel was the series of coking ovens and as well as owning their own collieries, Krupp's had a series of large scale and efficient coking plants. Seen here is the Cokerie Hannover 1/2 at Hordel, Bochum. A small part of the Hannover colliery's buildings survive in preservation - to see the scale of such a works one now needs to visit the astonishing array at Zeche Zollverein.
The booklet has a series of vignettes that are signed - possible Fritz Jacobson?
Fried.Krupp Aktiengesellschaft, Essen, 1935 : Frielinghaus and Hannover Coking Ovens/Cokerie, Hordel, Bochum
Some pages from a publicity brochure, dated 1935, and in French entitled "coup d œil d'ensemble sur l'entreprise" and that describes the massive, vertical integrated company of Fried.Krupp Aktiengesellschaft, Essen. Krupp's have a long history, dating back to 1811 in Essen where they were foremost in the industrial development of the Ruhr and indeed, now merged with Thyssen, their HQ is still in Essen, a city once regarded as a company town.
By 1935 this vast company, manufacturing iron and steel as well as armaments, machinery, locomotives, shipbuilding and vehicles, was already thoroughly enmeshed in the economy of the National Socialist state and they, along with the family members who ran the concern, would be active participants in Germany's rearmament and complicit the country's conduct of the Second World War.
The brochure was gifted to a visiting French businessman and describes the company's shipbuilding subsidiary, Germaniawerft at Kiel, as well as some of the other offshoots such as their own shipping line based in Rotterdam that was set up to 'free' Krupp from external shipping interests.
The vessel shown, the Frielinghaus, was a Krupp's vessel, built by Krupp at Kiel and on Krupp business - the import of high grade iron ores from Narvik and other ports was vital to the production of raw process material for the concern. The ship yard at Kiel, Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft, had been formed in 1867 but had a series of financial problems before Krupp took a controlling interest in 1896. It went on to construct many U-boats in the First and Second World Wars and after the Allied Victory in 1945 much of the bomb damaged yards were dismantled. However some of the site survived in ship building and is still in production. The vessel shown, Frielinghaus, was constructed in 1922 and was lost during WW2 when it struck a mine on 28 June 1942.
More closely associated with the production of steel was the series of coking ovens and as well as owning their own collieries, Krupp's had a series of large scale and efficient coking plants. Seen here is the Cokerie Hannover 1/2 at Hordel, Bochum. A small part of the Hannover colliery's buildings survive in preservation - to see the scale of such a works one now needs to visit the astonishing array at Zeche Zollverein.
The booklet has a series of vignettes that are signed - possible Fritz Jacobson?